Ornamental Grasses for Fall Co

Ornamental grasses are wonderful for adding multiple seasons of interest in the garden. Whether grouped in clusters or planted singly as focal points, ornamental grasses add instant texture and form to the garden in any season. These listed here are especially useful for adding fall color to the landscape. Blue Oat Grass Helictotrichon sempervirens Zones 4-9 Feather reed grass Calamagrostis x acutiflora Zones 4 - 9 (Stricta) Frost grass Spodiopogon sibericus Zones 3 - 8 Japanese Forest Grass Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Zones 5 - 9 Prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Zones 3 - 9 Red Switch Grass Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' Zones 5 - 9 Tall moor grass Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea Zones 5-9 Vetiver Vetiveria zizanioides Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry' 4 - 9 Pink Muhly Muhlenbergia capillaris Zones 7 - 11 Ruby Grass Rhynchelytrum repens Zones 9 - 10 Flame Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens' Zones 3 - 8 Fountain Grass Pennisetum 'Burgundy Giant' & 'Rubrum' Zones 4 - 9 Phormium Phormium (various) Zones 9 - 10 Red Hood Sedge Uncinia rubra Zones 8 - 11

For more color in your fall garden consider fall blooming perennials and the fall foliage and fruits of shrubs and vines.

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Featured Plants of the Week: Grasses for Fall Color

Ornamental grasses have become a staple in most garden borders. They add texture, height, sound and all around interest. We tend to gravitate toward the showy variegated or early pluming types most. But there are plenty of ornamental grasses that put on their best show in the fall. They still give you a full growing season of swaying and rustling, but they shine among the rich saturated colors of the fall border. Here's a collection of stunning fall grasses to add to your fall garden.

Photo: ? Marie Iannotti

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